Association between Body-Mass Index and Risk of Death in More Than 1 Million Asians

Zheng, Wei; McLerran, Dale; Rolland, Betsy; Zhang, Xianglan; Inoue, Manami; Matsuo, Keitaro; He, Jiang; C. Gupta, Prakash; Ramadas, Kunnambath; Tsugane, Shoichiro; Irie, Fujiko; Tamakoshi, Akiko; Gao, Yu-Tang; Wang, Renwei; Shu, Xiao‐Ou; Tsuji, Ichiro; Kuriyama, Shinichi; Tanaka, Hideo; Satoh, Hiroshi; Chen, Chien‐Jen; Yuan, Jian‐Min; Yoo, Keun‐Young; Ahsan, Habibul; Pan, Wen‐Harn; Gu, Dongfeng; S. Pednekar, Mangesh; Sauvaget, Catherine; Sasazuki, Shizuka; Sairenchi, Toshimi; Yang, Gong; Xiang, Yong-Bing; Nagai, Masato; Suzuki, Takeshi; Nishino, Yoshikazu; You, San‐Lin; Koh, Woon‐Puay; K. Park, Sue; Chen, Yu; Shen, Chen‐Yang; Thornquist, Mark; Feng, Ziding; Kang, Daehee; Boffetta, Paolo; D. Potter, John

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1010679

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Association between Body-Mass Index and Risk of Death in More Than 1 Million Asians

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Feb 23, 2011

Authors:

Wei Zheng

Dale McLerran

Betsy Rolland

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Most studies that have evaluated the association between the body-mass index (BMI) and the risks of death from any cause and from specific causes have been conducted in populations of European origin. METHODS: We performed pooled analyses to evaluate the association between BMI and the r...

Subject

Medicine

Body mass index

Demography

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